A fox that attacked a father and his 10-year-old daughter in a Derry park Wednesday night tested positive for rabies.

A fox that attacked a father and his 10-year-old daughter in a Derry park Wednesday night tested positive for rabies.

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Updated: 6:02 PM EDT Sep 10, 2015

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WEBVTT AND DAUGHTER IN A PARK LAST NIGHT HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. HIS FATHER SAYS THE DAUGHTER WAS PLAYING WITH A GROUP OF OTHER KIDS WHEN SOMETHING CHARGES FROM THE WOODS AND BITES THIS 10-YEAR-OLD ON THE FOOT. BRIAN DIPERRI SAYS AT FIRST EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS A CAT. HE WAS WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE INCLUDING SEVERAL CHILDREN, HANDING OUT BASEBALL UNIFORMS AT THIS FIELD IN DERRY WHEN SOMETHING CAME OUT OF THE WOODS. A GROUP OF ABOUT EIGHT GIRLS HEADED BACK TO WHERE THEIR PARENTS WERE STANDING, SCREAMING AND YELLING. WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL THEY GOT BACK AND THERE WAS A FOX FOLLOWING THE GROUP OF EIGHT GIRLS. DIPERRI SAYS THE FOX BIT HIS 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ON THE FOOT. ALL HE WAS THINKING ABOUT, WAS TO GET THE FOX AWAY FROM EVERYONE. WE GOT THE FOX AWAY FROM HER. THE FOX HEADED BACK TOWARD THE WOODS. WE PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW IT TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND IT TURNED AND ATTACKED MYSELF AND ONE OF THE OTHER COACHES. DIPERRI SAYS THE FOX BIT HIM ON THE LEG. HE HAD A PISTOL AND SHOT THE ANIMAL. YOU REALLY DON'T THINK TOO MUCH YOU JUST REACT AND IT WAS KEEP THE FOX AWAY FROM THE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMMON TO SEE ANIMALS CHASING CHILDREN LET ALONE A GROUP OF PEOPLE. DERRY POLICE SAY THE FOX IS NOW BEING TESTED FOR RABIES. OBVIIOUSLY THERE'S A BROOK THAT RUNS THROUGH HERE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO WILDLIFE, BUT FOR AN ANIMAL TO COME OUT AND ATTACK A PERSON THAT'S PRETTY UNUSUAL. , DIPERRI SAYS HE AND HIS DAUGHTER HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE RABIES TREATMENT. JUST RELIEF THAT SHE DIDN'T GET BADLY BITTEN. I WASN'T BADLY BITTEN. WE DO HAVE ROUNDS OF SHOTS TO GO THROUGH FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, BUT ONCE TREATED, IT JUST GOES AWAY. OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULD

Man shoots fox that bit daughter

A fox that attacked a father and his 10-year-old daughter in a Derry park Wednesday night tested positive for rabies.